Have the Spurs EVER landed a big name free agent?

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Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper

Finley was kind of a big deal back in 2005

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True. And Pop's treating of Finley -- the glorification of -- was something I always believed to coincide with that fact; Fin chose Pop and the Spurs when so many had decided to bypass a Spurs' offer or failed to even consider them in the past.

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Originally Posted by spurs_fan_in_exile

Radoslav Nesterovic. 18 letters is a big name in my book.

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Indeed. :tu

Matt Bonner

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Originally Posted by Texas_Ranger

Glenn Robinson

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Moses Malone and Dominique Wilkins :D

Vinny Del Negro

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Originally Posted by spurs_fan_in_exile

Radoslav Nesterovic. 18 letters is a big name in my book.

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You mean ...Rasho Nesterovic

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Originally Posted by Buddy Holly

Who are the Lakers big coup in the last I dunno, 20 years?

Seriously, can you think of any big name free agent signing?

Don't give me Malone and Payton, old ring chasers.

Don't give me Artest. Getting old ring chaser.

So what, they get/got it done with trades and the draft. Just like the Spurs.

I like how that troll poster Glenn Holland started this just to insult the Spurs yet I bet that dumbass couldn't answer my question.

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Shaq O'Neal

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Originally Posted by designatedt

spurs signed tim duncan when he became a free agent...

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:tu

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

Lakers got Shaq around 12 years ago. Man that's weird that he was there so long ago. Still, the Lakers were only in that rebuilding mode for like 2 years and I think they were seeing what they could do with the talent of their Shaq trade pieces. The Lakers main problem was that they've never really had all that much money to spend. Hell, between Bynum, Artest, Walton, Kobe and Pau the Lakers will have like 60 million invested in 5 players. You gotta have money to spend money.

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Wasn't it like 15 years ago? I forgot he was signed as a FA, for some reason I thought he was traded.

TD when he re-signed. That was a pretty big deal. Finley as well, which was stated in the thread already...

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Originally Posted by Buddy Holly

Wasn't it like 15 years ago? I forgot he was signed as a FA, for some reason I thought he was traded.

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ok fine.....name TWO......TWO big free agents that the Lakers have signed in the last 20 years!!!!!!!!11!!1!!!!!

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/lol

Duncan was a big deal. The Spurs almost lost him.

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Originally Posted by Tim Duncan

It was probably a lot closer of a decision than people even think or even know, but it's worked out the right way to say the least.

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Originally Posted by Blake

ok fine.....name TWO......TWO big free agents that the Lakers have signed in the last 20 years!!!!!!!!11!!1!!!!!

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Why get an FA when you can trade a busted player and 2 chewed sticks of gum for an all star center?

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

Lakers got Shaq around 12 years ago. Man that's weird that he was there so long ago.

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If I remember right, Shaq was supposed to be a restricted FA, but the CBA that summer got re-done and somehow restricted free agency ceased to exist for that summer only, allowing Shaq to go to LA. Orlando would've definitely matched any offer.

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Originally Posted by DesignatedT

Spurs signed Tim Duncan when he became a free agent...

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Exactly! And David Robinson. The Spurs have done a good job of retaining their own big name players. It'll be interesting to see a few years down the road how they fare once Duncan is retired and if Popovich is also no longer the coach.

The Spurs have retained the services of their Big 3 through multiple contracts as well as big Dave. Rare for a top-tier team to do that...rare for any team to do that.

Radoslav Nesterovic is Rasho's full name.

Tim Duncan, duh.

If you are talking about a top three coveted free agent in any given off-season, other than their own players, no.

It is rare or at least has been for top players to switch teams a la LeBron since the previous team has a slight money advantage. There are exceptions but this past off-season was more the exception than the rule.

We have had a heart's broken time and time again trying to get free agents from the Clippers other than DA. I would love to see a way for the Spurs to be able to bring in Blake Griffin to be the heir to Tim's role on the team as he was to DRob.

Brent Barry

We signed Horry as a free agent, right?

Did we ever have enough cap space to offer a maximum contract to a free-agent?
I remember only 2003 and refused by Jason Kidd. On the others of last 15 years, we didn't have enough salary to catch a maximum waged free-agent.